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Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act Begins July 1, 2020. Are You Ready?
MCLE Self Study Article: California’s landmark privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), took effect on January 1, 2020. A first-of-its-kind law in the United States, the CCPA grants residents of the Golden State unique transparency into how a covered business collects, uses, and shares consumers’ online and offline personal information, and new rights...
Read ArticleWildfires and the Impact on the Home Insurance Market
The impact of California’s most destructive wildfires continue to permeate throughout the state. The substantial losses include more than a hundred fatalities from the Camp Fire in 2018 and Tubbs Fire in 2017, tens of thousands of buildings burned, massive evacuations and whole communities displaced. California insurers have identified at least $20 billion in liabilities...
Read Article2020 Changes to Workplace Lactation Accommodations
As stated in the prior month’s Employment Law themed Contra Costa Lawyer Magazine, “Employment Law is not just a practice area […] it permeates all facets of society and culture.” California law regarding accommodating lactating mothers is another prime example of the realities of that statement. Since about 2002, California employers have been required to...
Read ArticleThe Tenant Protection Act of 2019 – Rent Caps and Just Cause
AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, imposed rent caps and just cause eviction for certain residential rental properties throughout California, effective January 1, 2020. It added Civil Code §§1946.2, 1947.12 and 1947.13. Rent Caps Under new Civil Code §1947.12, in any 12-month period the “gross rent” for residential property may not increase more...
Read ArticleState to Force Businesses to Provide Retirement Plans for Employees
It is no secret that America faces a retirement savings crisis. The vast majority of Americans have little or no savings for retirement, and may be relying on Social Security and supplemental employment to get by in their retirement years. According to a survey published last year by Forbes Magazine, 20% of Americans have nothing...
Read ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court Decides Hot-Topic in Trusts with Barefoot v. Jennings
The California Supreme Court has issued the eagerly-awaited opinion in Barefoot v. Jennings (January 23, 2020, S251574) __ Cal.5th __ [240 Cal.Rptr.3d 702, 430 P.3d 1178]. Justice Chin authored the unanimous opinion. After percolating statewide since 2018, the recent decision hit close to home with Bay Area probate litigators for two reasons. First, the holding...
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